The rebuild

Today I started the rebuild process for my tank or tanks not sure how thats fully going to work yet.
I started off by cleaning out the 28g. I removed all the susbtrate and all water then rubbed/scrubbed the decor/plants. I then did the same with the filter and heater. After I all that I rinsed eveything with vinegar.
Then re rinsed with water.

Hmmmm.....maybe you were feeding your fish food that had high levels of phophorus in it which could lead to such a problem. Cleaning your tank the way you did, the algae shouldn't be a problem anymore. Not so sure about your cycle now though. Your tank might still cycle since you didn't touch the media or gravel (that will help to re-establish your tank). Only thing you can do is just test the water and see if it cycles when you add pure ammonia or fish to your tank. I've read that the best way to get your tank cycled is by seeding (adding gravel/substrate/filter media/water from a healthy established tank to a new tank). Should work immediately! Keep us updated! It will add more knowledge to the community about cycling

The media was from that tank before i cleaned it. I just cleaned the filter housing and kept the media and reinstalled the media. Im not going to do anything with the tank now for like two weeks. Im even considering turning off the light for a week or so.

Pretty much says it's cyanobacteria (algae eaters don't eat it, so you can't use those). You can get certain types of plants such as Anacharis, Hornwort, or any other fast growing species to out compete the algae for nutrients.

Great link thanks!
Helped me figure out my plan a little better.
Im gonna let no waste happen in this tank for 2 weeks now.
NO feeding - NO fish - Looking after my live plants!
I think I know How I got this now though!
My tanks got really hot this summer for about 3 days! My live plants in return died and the dead leaves didn't get removed immediatly!

I just tested that water and got 7.5 ph 0 ammonia 0 nitrites 0 nitrates. Im having troubles figuring out what that really means. Also I unplugged the light and was planning on leaving it that way until tuesdsay. Im gonna test the water in the other tank tomorrow evening.

It could be your test kit isn't providing an accurate reading, or that's the pH of your tap water. Some water conditioners tend to raise the pH, or maybe some sort of additive you used for the plants, or maybe certain plants raise the pH somewhat.

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